Originally posted by a_dummy

The Trill situation is disappointing but it's not the end of the world.  I'm OK with creating a "throw-away" toon to learn the ropes during the Head Start period, then creating the Trill on Release Day. 

Indeed a lot of people are planning the same thing. Many are going to use the headstart time to get in and learn and get to the point where they can unlock Klingon play. At least if they're unlocking something and learning the game, it'll still be time well spent.

As far as getting the DDE to be a joined Trill, well, not every Trill gets a symbiote. You can still be a regular Trill if you don't have the DDE, you just don't get the extra trait. Remember only the best handpicked Trills are allowed to be given a symbiote.

The concept of  paying for game play element is just getting more and more pathetic. Anything bought in these packages should be acheivable in game else it just is not a game playe on a level playing field.

Shame on the developers.

Originally posted by Blurr

Wow Xondar, really packing it in with the lies lately eh?

Throwing extras at people? Except that it's pretty much in line with what they did for Champions, which is also similar to what they did with CoH. People like free unique goodies. They're not the first ones to do this, and they won't be the last.

Available in the cash shop? Sorry but so far NONE of the extras provided by the different versions of Champions have been added to the cash shop. In fact, the way the developers speak of the various exclusive bonuses, they will likely NEVER be added to the cash shop. So there's another of your lies disproven.

Also I hate to burst your bubble but people put exclusive goodies in Collector's Editions all the time. It's an industry standard practice. Anyone who really wants the uniforms that badly will not have a problem  paying an extra few dollars to achieve the status symbol. The idea is also to make those people unique and give them something special that not just anyone can have. It's a reward.

Xondar is spot on here. What happened to a level playing field. THis immediatley imbalances opportunities for those who have more cash fine in a single player game .... Ah but this is not.

The people aren't unique, they have not acheived or done anything special in game.

so i have an unfair advantage because I have the Original Series costumes???

Originally posted by Isane

Originally posted by Blurr

Wow Xondar, really packing it in with the lies lately eh?

Throwing extras at people? Except that it's pretty much in line with what they did for Champions, which is also similar to what they did with CoH. People like free unique goodies. They're not the first ones to do this, and they won't be the last.

Available in the cash shop? Sorry but so far NONE of the extras provided by the different versions of Champions have been added to the cash shop. In fact, the way the developers speak of the various exclusive bonuses, they will likely NEVER be added to the cash shop. So there's another of your lies disproven.

Also I hate to burst your bubble but people put exclusive goodies in Collector's Editions all the time. It's an industry standard practice. Anyone who really wants the uniforms that badly will not have a problem  paying an extra few dollars to achieve the status symbol. The idea is also to make those people unique and give them something special that not just anyone can have. It's a reward.

 

Xondar is spot on here. What happened to a level playing field. THis immediatley imbalances opportunities for those who have more cash fine in a single player game .... Ah but this is not.

The people aren't unique, they have not acheived or done anything special in game.

Cosmetic stuff cant realy moan about that being unfair as its not. Items that give Bonus's and what not maybe you can moan alittle but those Items you normaly out level within hours so not alot to moan about there. All MMO's give away some sort of pre-order Items that give those people who pre-ordered and bonus its just the way it is deal with it.

Originally posted by a_dummy

 

Digital Download Edition

• Open Beta Access
• Early Start Program

 

Collector's Edition

• Open Beta Access
• Early Start Program

 

wait, I need to pre-order to gain an access to the open beta?

I ordered the regular version from Amazon.com. The Borg bridge officer is the only one I would have considered paying extra for and having it at low cost was just icing on the cake. :)

Originally posted by Elronir

Originally posted by a_dummy

 

Digital Download Edition

• Open Beta Access
• Early Start Program

 

Collector's Edition

• Open Beta Access
• Early Start Program

 

 

wait, I need to pre-order to gain an access to the open beta?

How else would you gain access to the Open Beta?  All the editions, including Basic, come with Open Beta access, and they will still be available once the Open Beta is in full swing.

Originally posted by a_dummy

Originally posted by Elronir

Originally posted by a_dummy

 

Digital Download Edition

• Open Beta Access
• Early Start Program

 

Collector's Edition

• Open Beta Access
• Early Start Program

 

 

wait, I need to pre-order to gain an access to the open beta?

 

How else would you gain access to the Open Beta?  All the editions, including Basic, come with Open Beta access, and they will still be available once the Open Beta is in full swing.

Imo, an open beta is some sort of demo to know if I should purchase the game... I am really on the fence with that one. I am a huge Star Trek fan, but I played City of heroes and I got bored of it within the first 2 months and I played the free trial of Champion O, to give me a little idea about what to expect with Sto, but it was also boring.

Imo, an open beta is some sort of demo to know if I should purchase the game... I am really on the fence with that one. I am a huge Star Trek fan, but I played City of heroes and I got bored of it within the first 2 months and I played the free trial of Champion O, to give me a little idea about what to expect with Sto, but it was also boring.

I almost agree with you on that point, but a beta is not really for the players, it's for the vendor.  I've been through many a beta and they always come with the caveat that some aspects could change and make the final product drastically different.  I agree that it would be handy for the players to get a sense of what the final product will be like, but the vendor doesn't look at it that way.

Originally posted by Elronir

Originally posted by a_dummy

Originally posted by Elronir

Originally posted by a_dummy

 

Digital Download Edition

• Open Beta Access
• Early Start Program

 

Collector's Edition

• Open Beta Access
• Early Start Program

 

 

wait, I need to pre-order to gain an access to the open beta?

 

How else would you gain access to the Open Beta?  All the editions, including Basic, come with Open Beta access, and they will still be available once the Open Beta is in full swing.

Imo, an open beta is some sort of demo to know if I should purchase the game... I am really on the fence with that one. I am a huge Star Trek fan, but I played City of heroes and I got bored of it within the first 2 months and I played the free trial of Champion O, to give me a little idea about what to expect with Sto, but it was also boring.

Open beta is normaly the last testing phase and largest one to Iron out any bugs or problems that accure during this phase its larger than closed beta so they can stress test the server and see how it handles under pressure of a larger population (Aion is the most recent game that is a good example of this the server ground to a halt lol). It is not a demo/free trial for people who are intrested in the game as it is still a beta version of the game and not the final product, a free trial will come along a few months after release.